Evaluation of community-based health promotion programs for special olympics athletes

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-129

  Marks, Beth ^a   Sisirak, Jasmina ^a   Heller, Tamar ^a   Wagner, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitness; Health literacy; Health promotion; Intellectual disabilities; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955995206     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2010.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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